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'The American Experience is one of the high spots of the PBS schedule, bringing long-forgotten episodes of the nation's history into the light, refreshing our memories of familiar stories, reacquainting us with revered heroes.' - The Philadelphia Inquirer

Broadcast Awards
Web Awards
Sloan Partnership

American Experience Web site
Bigchalk.com exceptional educational site on the Web (3/20/01)

A Brilliant Madness
USA Today Hot Site of the Day (3/25/02)
Yahoo! What's News Today (3/27/02)
TV Guide Online WebGuide (3/29/02)
Scout Report Selection (4/19/02)
Yahooligans! New Discovery This Week (4/22/02)

Alone on the Ice
Yahooligans Cool! (2/12/99)

America and the Holocaust
Netscape Netcenter: "Art and Leisure Rave of the Day" (5/6/99)

Ansel Adams
TV Guide Online WebGuide (4/28/02)
Yahooligans! New Discovery This Week (4/29/02)
USA Today Hot Site of the Day (6/6/02)

The Center of the World: New York: A Documentary Film
USA Today Hot Site of the Day (9/10/03)
Yahoo! Pick of the Day (9/11/03)
Scout Report Selection (9/12/03)

Chicago: City of the Century
USA Today Hot Site of the Day (12/4/02)

Daughter from Danang
Yahoo! Pick of the Day (3/13/03)
USA Today Hot Site of the Day (3/18/03)

The Duel
Jersey Journal (print version), (7/14/01)

Fatal Flood
Charlotte Observer (print edition): Hot Sites (4/12/01)
StudyWeb Academic Excellence Award (3/30/01)

Fly Girls
Webstar.com: Six Pack to Go (5/26/99)

George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire
Learning in Motion Monthly Top 10 List (5/4/00)

Guts and Glory (Battle of the Bulge and D-Day)
Yahoo!: Picks of the Week (8/3/98)
Project Cool Web (7/26/98)
USA Today: Hot Sites (7/29/98)

The Hurricane of '38
Yahooligans! New Discovery This Week (3/18/02)

Influenza 1918
Yahoo!: What's Cool (2/26/98)
USA Today (online version): Hot Sites (2/10/98)

Scout Report Selection (2/6/04)

Jimmy Carter
USA Today Hot Site of the Day (10/14/02)
Scout Report Selection (10/18/02)
Gannett News Service, What's New on the Web (10/28/02)
Colorado Springs Gazette, Web Sites Column Pick (11/3/02)

Lost in the Grand Canyon
Yahooligans: Hypersite of the Week (6/22/99)
USA Today (print version): The Net: New and Notable (4/14/99)
USA Today (online version): Hot Sites (4/7/99)

MacArthur
Yahoo!: Daily Picks (5/13/99)
USA Today (print edition): The Net: New and Notable (5/5/99)
USA Today (online edition): Hot Sites (4/29/99)

Meltdown at Three Mile Island
Netsurfer Digest (4/26/99)
Yahoo!: Yahoo's Picks of the Week (3/8/99)
Netscape Picks (3/99)

Monkey Trial
Yahooligans! New Discovery This Week (3/4/02)

Mount Rushmore
Yahoo! What's New Today (1/10/02)
Yahoo! Pick of the Week (1/14/02)
Yahooligans! New Discovery This Week (1/14/02)

Miss America
TV Guide Online WebGuide (1/25-27/02)
Yahoo! News Entertainment (3/3/02)

Murder at Harvard
USA Today Hot Site of the Day (7/10/03)
Netsurfer Digest (7/25/03)

The Presidents
USA Today: Hot Sites (2/20/98)
TV Guide (2/14/98)
Yahoo!: Top Sites (1/19/98)

Public Enemy #1
TV Guide Online WebGuide (2/18-25/02)

Race for the Superbomb
Netsurfer Digest (3/5/99)
Netscape: Cool Site of the Day (2/1/99)
Netscape: What's New: Rage of the Day (1/99)

Reconstruction: The Second Civil War
Scout Report Selection (1/16/04)
USA Today Hot Site of the Day (1/21/04)

Return With Honor
StudyWeb Academic Excellence Award (12/13/00)
USA Today (online version): Hot Sites (11/6/00)

Scottsboro
USA Today (online version): Hot Sites (3/14/01)

Seabiscuit
USA Today Hot Site of the Day (3/31/03 and 7/23/03)
Roanoke Times & World News (8/5/03)

Stephen Foster
Massachusetts Interactive Multimedia Council Best of the Web Award 2001 - Education
Yahooligans! New Discovery (4/23/01)

Surviving the Dust Bowl
HomeworkSpot.com featured site (9/13/00)

TR: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt
The New York Times (print version), Circuits (2/1/01)
Broadcasting & Cable (10/28/97)

Ulysses S. Grant
USA Today Hot Site of the Day (5/2/02)

Vietnam
Surfing the Net With Kids -- 5 star rating (5/17/00)

War Letters
Scout Report Selection (5/17/02)

Wayback: Flight
Yahooligans Cool! (7/7/99)

Wayback: Gold Rush
Netsurfer Digest (4/8/99)

Wayback: Stand Up for Your Rights
Yahooligans: Hypersite of the Week (2/13/99)

Wayback: Summer Vacation
Surfing the Net with Kids (7/11/99)
USA Today (print edition) (6/23/99)
USA Today (online version) (6/16/99)
Arizona Republic (print version), "Travel by Net" (June, July 2001)

Wayback: Technology 1900
Netscape: What's New (12/98)
USA Today: Hot Site of the Day (2/4/97)

Woodrow Wilson
Yahooligans! New Discovery This Week (1/7/02)

Zoot Suit Riots
Yahooligans! New Discovery This Week (1/28/02)
TV Guide Online WebGuide (2/8-10/02)
Learning in Motion Top Ten Selection (4/02)



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